1975 Chicago Bears season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Chicago Bears 1975 4–10 3rd NFC Central Jack Pardee Jim Finks George Halas Soldier Field Did not qualify Bears seasons The 1975 Chicago Bears season was their 56th regular season in the National Football League. The team matched their 4–10 record from 1974, in the first season under head coach Jack Pardee. The 1975 Bears are the only NFL team to have been outscored by 25 points six different times during a 14-game season, a record for futility that has that has only been matched once under the current 16-game format.Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the NFL, in the regular season, requiring Points Differential <= -25, sorted by most games in season matching criteria. Offseason NFL draft 1975 NFL draft 1975 Chicago Bears 1 4 Walter Payton Running back Jackson State yes yes yes 2 31 Mike Hartenstine Defensive end Penn State yes 4 83 Virgil Livers Cornerback Western Kentucky yes 5 110 Revie Sorey Guard Illinois yes 6 135 Bob Avellini Quarterback Maryland yes 6 151 Tom Hicks Linebacker Illinois yes 7 178 Earl Douthitt Safety Iowa yes 8 197 Joe Harris Linebacker Georgia Tech no 9 212 Roger Stillwell Defensive tackle Stanford yes 10 254 Mike Julius Guard St. Thomas no 11 264 Mike Dean Kicker Texas no 12 291 Doug Plank Safety Ohio State yes 13 316 Charles McDaniel Running back Louisiana Tech no 14 343 Walter Hartfield Running back Southwest Texas State no 15 368 Steve Marcantonio Wide receiver Miami (FL) no 16 395 Witt Beckman Wide receiver Miami (FL) no 17 420 Roland Harper Running back Louisiana Tech yes yes yes Undrafted free agents + 1975 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeBarry BradyWide receiverAlcorn StateGreg EngebosCornerbackMinnesota Roster 1975 Chicago Bears  7 Bob Avellini y 11 Virgil Carter 19 Gary Huff 20 Mike Adamle 36 Tom Donchez y 35 Roland Harper y 22 Johnny Musso 34 Walter Payton y 27 Bob Grim American football 80 Bo Rather 85 Steve Schubert 81 Gary Butler tight end 88 Greg Latta 86 Bob Parsons American football P 79 Lionel Antoine T 74 Bob Asher American football T 65 Noah Jackson y G 51 Dan Neal C 78 Bob Newton American football G 63 Mark Nordquist G 75 Jeff Sevy y T 69 Revie Sorey y G 60 Wally Chambers DT 84 Richard Harris American football DE 73 Mike Hartenstine y DE 72 Gary Hrivnak DE 68 Jim Osborne defensive tackle DT 76 Ron Rydalch DT 71 Roger Stillwell y DT 52 John Babinecz OLB 50 Waymond Bryant OLB 55 Doug Buffone OLB 54 Larry Ely MLB 59 Carl Gersbach MLB 58 Bob Pifferini OLB 45 Craig Clemons FS 43 Earl Douthitt y SS 48 Allan Ellis American football CB 31 Bill Knox American football CB 24 Virgil Livers y CB 46 Doug Plank y SS 21 Nemiah Wilson CB 16 Bob Thomas K 53 Dan Peiffer y C IR 87 Tom Reynolds American football WR IR 57 Don Rives LB IR 25 Ronnie Shanklin WR IR -- Joe Taylor cornerback CB PUP Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 21 Baltimore Colts L 7–35 0–1 Soldier Field 54,152 2 September 28 Philadelphia Eagles W 15–13 1–1 Soldier Field 48,071 3 October 5 at Minnesota Vikings L 3–28 1–2 Metropolitan Stadium 47,578 4 October 12 at Detroit Lions L 7–27 1–3 Pontiac Municipal Stadium 74,032 5 October 19 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 3–34 1–4 Three Rivers Stadium 47,579 6 October 27 Minnesota Vikings L 9–13 1–5 Soldier Field 51,259 7 November 2 Miami Dolphins L 13–46 1–6 Soldier Field 57,455 8 November 9 Green Bay Packers W 27–14 2–6 Soldier Field 48,738 9 November 16 at San Francisco 49ers L 3–31 2–7 Candlestick Park 41,726 10 November 23 at Los Angeles Rams L 10–38 2–8 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 64,979 11 November 30 at Green Bay Packers L 7–28 2–9 Lambeau Field 56,267 12 December 7 Detroit Lions W 25–21 3–9 Soldier Field 37,772 13 December 14 St. Louis Cardinals L 20–34 3–10 Soldier Field 35,052 14 December 21 at New Orleans Saints W 42–17 4–10 Louisiana Superdome 33,371 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Season summary Week 2 Eagles 3 3 0 7 Bears 0 9 0 6 September 28 Soldier Field • Chicago, Illinois 1:00 p.m. 56 F, wind 6 mph on yes 1 PHI Horst Muhlmann 44-yard field goal Eagles 3–0 2 CHI Bob Thomas 44-yard field goal Tie 3–3 2 CHI Cid Edwards 7-yard pass from Gary Huff (kick failed) Bears 9–3 2 PHI Horst Muhlmann 43-yard field goal Bears 9–6 4 CHI Bob Thomas 24-yard field goal Bears 12–6 4 4:09 PHI Harold Carmichael 14-yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Horst Muhlmann kick) Eagles 13–12 4 :08 CHI Bob Thomas 26-yard field goal Bears 15–12 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 8 Packers 0 7 0 7 Bears 10 7 10 0 November 9 Soldier Field, Chicago 1:00 p.m. 58 F, wind 12 mph on yes 1 CHI Bob Thomas 34 yard field goal Bears 3–0 1 CHI Bob Parsons 12 yard pass from Gary Huff (Bob Thomas kick) Bears 10–0 2 GB Steve Odom 42 yard pass from Don Milan (Joe Danelo kick) Bears 10–7 2 CHI Walter Payton 5 yard run (Bob Thomas kick) Bears 17–7 3 CHI Bob Thomas 48 yard field goal Bears 20–7 3 CHI Craig Clemons 76 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick) Bears 27–7 4 GB Barry Smith 18 yard pass from Carlos Brown (Joe Danelo kick) Bears 27–14 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Standings NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, 0-7611-2480-2, p. 296 References Chicago Bears Category:Chicago Bears seasons Chicago Bears Category:Long stubs with short prose Category:1975 in Chicago